Andy Warhol

Posted February 23, 2016 at 10:23 am

It often feels like nothing exciting or creative can survive on the Lower East Side anymore and much of our history is being wiped out. Does anything feel adventurous and a little raw? (How many speakeasies and pop-up shops does a gal need, ya know?) So we tend to stop and take notice, encouraged when […]

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Posted December 4, 2015 at 10:28 am

When I asked Marcia Resnick and Victor Bockris how they met, Victor (recounting a story from 1975) said, “I hated her!” – he laughed. Seeing the two of them sitting together across from me, it was hard to imagine a time when they weren’t artistic collaborators and the best of friends. Especially now, with their […]

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Posted October 28, 2015 at 10:22 am

Exactly fifty years ago, the CBS Evening News – chaired by Walter Cronkite – dispatched Dave Dugan to the East Village (that neighborhood name was still in infancy). The correspondent was tasked with investigating the crazy new phenomenon dubbed “underground film.” The five-minute news piece is an intriguing time capsule – mainstream America peering into […]

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Posted June 2, 2014 at 11:00 am

About a week ago, at a pop up gallery event in the Flatiron district, I ran into a woman who has turned out to be one of the loveliest people I have ever met. Nile Cmylo, a 25-year veteran and current resident of the Chelsea Hotel, is an exquisite fashion designer whose artistic abilities are […]

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Last modified May 19, 2014 at 5:19 pm

One of the many wildcards of the new Essex Crossing development is a high-profile Warhol Museum outpost. Though initially included in the initial proposal pitched by the Delancey Street Associates consortium, there was still uncertainty as to whether it would happen. Until this past Saturday. Reps confirmed to the museum’s hometown paper, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, […]

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Last modified June 27, 2012 at 2:19 am

Last month, Jeremiah raised the question over whether sanctioned graffiti is still considered graffiti if it no longer defaces public property. After all, that’s the whole point, right? Whatever your stance, the argument will always boil down to age-old notions of selling out, whether it’s Warhol or Fairey. It’s a fact of life. This sticker […]

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